Guys,
All I know is I did receive an email response from him within a couple of days after these first posts about him surfaced.
He said he had been working on his Mom's HD Sportster that had been stored for a while.
She wanted him to get it running again.
He had just completed a 3000 mile, multi-state move to Florida, and got his shop up and running again.
He rebuilt the carbs and some other things on it, and decided to take it out for a test ride...and hit a deer.
Said it totaled the Sportster, and all he remembered was hitting the brakes, then waking up in the hospital...messed up.
Said he was in there for a couple of weeks, and had stitches.
Got out of the hospital, and tried to go back to work in the shop too soon...tore his stitches, and had to go back in.
But, the time he emailed me, he was doing better, thanked me for making him aware the guys that were posting wanting to know why they weren't getting their parts, and said his supplies had run out, but he was making more, and he would be getting the orders filled and contacting everybody that was waiting on stuff...then nothing...
Kinda worried about him now.
And yes, I remember when that happened to Motorcycle Larry, too.
When you're buying something over the internet, and you post the money, get a shipping confirmation, then don't get the parts...that's bad. And yes, there are lots of scams out there, these days. But Ryan's not one of them. He's went way outta the way to make my orders right, in the past.
And he's always been top notch with communications.
So, yes... I'm worried now, cause this is not like him, at all.
That's all I know, but if I hear anything more, I will post it here.
Bob